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LOT 0896
Roman Light Green Glass Flask
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
6 1/4 in. (68 grams, 16 cm).
Comprising a piriform body with dimple base, tapering tubular neck with pinched and everted rim.
ProvenanceFrom an important collection of glass, London, UK, 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 236, for type.
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